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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Monty Python gang returns with a vengeance in their second full-length (and arguably most beloved) feature film. King Arthur, king of the Britons, assembles a motley crew of knights for his roundtable and together they set off in search of the mythical Holy Grail. Together, this horseless band of brave (and not-so-brave) knights wander the English countryside, assured of their abilities to find the goblet from which Christ drank--if that is the Holy Grail, at all. In this quintessential mash-up of comedy, farce and history lesson, Monty Python is at their most memorable, creating a classic that will last even longer than the journey for the Grail itself.